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![Russian and UK defence ministers to meet over Ukraine](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/3a/85/19/Russian-and-UK-defence-ministers-to-024184_small.jpg)
Russian and UK defence ministers to meet over Ukra...
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has accepted an invitation to meet British counterpart Ben Wallace over the Ukraine crisis,...
![Rio vows to revitalize two crime-racked slums](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/a6/3b/97/Rio-vows-to-revitalize-two-crime-ra-010609_small.jpg)
Rio vows to revitalize two crime-racked slums
The governor of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state announced plans Saturday for massive investments aimed at revitalizing two long crim...
![Deadly fighting between IS, Kurdish forces in Syria](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/57/46/84/Deadly-fighting-between-IS--Kurdish-662314_small.jpg)
Deadly fighting between IS, Kurdish forces in Syri...
Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison hou...
![German centre right elects Merkel critic as leader](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/af/fc/ca/German-centre-right-elects-Merkel-c-754385_small.jpg)
German centre right elects Merkel critic as leader
Germany's centre right opposition Christian Democrats on Saturday elected Friedrich Merz, a critic of former Chancellor Angela Mer...
![Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir stable after latest hospital admission](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/95/d9/0c/Malaysian-ex-PM-Mahathir-stable-aft-401410_small.jpg)
Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir stable after latest hospi...
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is in a stable condition after being admitted to a specialist heart hospital for...
![Deadly fighting between IS, Kurd forces in Syria](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/96/a9/92/Deadly-fighting-between-IS--Kurd-fo-649442_small.jpg)
Deadly fighting between IS, Kurd forces in Syria
Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison hou...
![Taliban say Oslo talks with West will 'transform atmosphere of war'](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/2f/52/84/Taliban-say-Oslo-talks-with-West-wi-128132_small.jpg)
Taliban say Oslo talks with West will 'transform a...
The Taliban's first official talks with the West on European soil since seizing power in Afghanistan will help to "transform the a...
![Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir admitted to hospital again](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/95/d9/0c/Malaysian-ex-PM-Mahathir-admitted-t-145624_small.jpg)
Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir admitted to hospital agai...
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to a specialist heart hospital for the third time in the space...
![Fists fly in Honduran Congress ahead of new president's inauguration](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/fc/91/58/Fists-fly-in-Honduran-Congress-ahea-426862_small.jpg)
Fists fly in Honduran Congress ahead of new presid...
Lawmakers exchanged blows in the Honduran Congress Friday as a dispute among members of president-elect Xiomara Castro's party tur...
![Unsigned Trump order told Pentagon to seize voting machines: Politico](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/ea/08/51/Unsigned-Trump-order-told-Pentagon--128124_small.jpg)
Unsigned Trump order told Pentagon to seize voting...
A draft executive order written by Donald Trump's White House in the weeks after his defeat in the 2020 election directed the nati...
![US stocks fall again, sending Nasdaq nearer to dreaded 'bear' market](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/c6/d7/c9/US-stocks-fall-again--sending-Nasda-118728_small.jpg)
US stocks fall again, sending Nasdaq nearer to dre...
Wall Street stocks tumbled again Friday following a plunge in Netflix shares that sent the Nasdaq further into correction territor...
![Brawl in Honduras Congress ahead of new president's inauguration](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/fc/91/58/Brawl-in-Honduras-Congress-ahead-of-541282_small.jpg)
Brawl in Honduras Congress ahead of new president'...
Lawmakers exchanged blows in the Honduran Congress Friday as a dispute among members of president-elect Xiomara Castro's party tur...
![US army confirms Russian mercenaries in Mali](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/40/e0/4d/US-army-confirms-Russian-mercenarie-996933_small.jpg)
US army confirms Russian mercenaries in Mali
The US army has confirmed the presence of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in Mali, which the African nation's government...
![Unexploded bomb found at ex-FARC party's HQ in Colombia](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/55/26/1e/Unexploded-bomb-found-at-ex-FARC-pa-519692_small.jpg)
Unexploded bomb found at ex-FARC party's HQ in Col...
An unexploded bomb was found Friday at the Bogota offices of the leftist Comunes party that replaced the disarmed FARC guerrilla g...
![Chile's president-elect unveils young, woman-majority cabinet](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/74/00/a0/Chile-s-president-elect-unveils-you-244144_small.jpg)
Chile's president-elect unveils young, woman-major...
Chile's leftist president-elect Gabriel Boric, whose victory at the polls last month unsettled the markets, on Friday named the co...
![Biden to meet Germany's Scholz in Washington in February: US](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/50/24/ab/Biden-to-meet-Germany-s-Scholz-in-W-932626_small.jpg)
Biden to meet Germany's Scholz in Washington in Fe...
US President Joe Biden is to host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington in February, a US official said Friday, denying repo...
![US, Russia promise to work to ease Ukraine tensions](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/fe/7a/de/US--Russia-promise-to-work-to-ease--614101_small.jpg)
US, Russia promise to work to ease Ukraine tension...
Washington and Moscow's top diplomats agreed Friday to keep working to ease tensions over Ukraine, with the United States promisin...
![Air strike on Yemen prison leaves at least 70 dead](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/10/35/90/Air-strike-on-Yemen-prison-leaves-a-661034_small.jpg)
Air strike on Yemen prison leaves at least 70 dead
At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on a prison and at least three children died in a separate bombardment as Yemen's...
![Myanmar sentences lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party to death](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/e5/5b/93/Myanmar-sentences-lawmaker-from-Suu-774144_small.jpg)
Myanmar sentences lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party to...
A Myanmar military tribunal sentenced a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted party to death for terror offences on Friday, the junt...
![IS attacks Syria jail, military base in Iraq in deadly escalation](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/b4/47/38/IS-attacks-Syria-jail--military-bas-307027_small.jpg)
IS attacks Syria jail, military base in Iraq in de...
The Islamic State group on Friday attacked a Syria prison housing fellow jihadists and a military base in Iraq in near simultaneou...
![French politicians worry about surge in pre-election violence](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/90/3a/46/French-politicians-worry-about-surg-447774_small.jpg)
French politicians worry about surge in pre-electi...
French ruling party lawmaker Pascal Bois was at home asleep a few days after Christmas when firefighters banged on his front door...
![US, Russia promise to work to ease Ukraine tensions in high-stakes talks](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/fe/7a/de/US--Russia-promise-to-work-to-ease--516266_small.jpg)
US, Russia promise to work to ease Ukraine tension...
Washington and Moscow's top diplomats agreed Friday to keep working to ease tensions over Ukraine, with the United States promisin...
![Bolsonaro cuts short official trip after mother dies](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/63/26/84/Bolsonaro-cuts-short-official-trip--754551_small.jpg)
Bolsonaro cuts short official trip after mother di...
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he was cutting short an official visit to Suriname and Guyana and returning home aft...
![Rights groups, victims call UN to ban Bangladesh paramilitary force](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/68/18/3b/Rights-groups--victims-call-UN-to-b-576125_small.jpg)
Rights groups, victims call UN to ban Bangladesh p...
Families of victims of enforced disappearances allegedly perpetrated by an elite Bangladesh paramilitary group Friday called on th...
![Security beefed up in Pakistan capital after deadly Lahore blast](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/17/c1/b8/Security-beefed-up-in-Pakistan-capi-761152_small.jpg)
Security beefed up in Pakistan capital after deadl...
Security was beefed up across Pakistan's capital Friday, police said, a day after three people were killed and 22 wounded by a bom...
![Howe defends Newcastle's Saudi trip despite 'sportswashing' fears](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/b1/8c/62/Howe-defends-Newcastle-s-Saudi-trip-725774_small.jpg)
Howe defends Newcastle's Saudi trip despite 'sport...
Eddie Howe confirmed on Friday that Newcastle would travel to Saudi Arabia for a training camp despite a fresh warning from Amnest...
![Taliban to meet Western officials in Norway for aid talks](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/b9/b2/a1/Taliban-to-meet-Western-officials-i-457765_small.jpg)
Taliban to meet Western officials in Norway for ai...
The Taliban will hold talks with Western officials in Oslo next week on human rights and humanitarian aid in their first official...
![Little hope of breakthrough as US, Russia hold high-stakes Ukraine talks](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/d9/e7/57/Little-hope-of-breakthrough-as-US---447571_small.jpg)
Little hope of breakthrough as US, Russia hold hig...
Washington and Moscow's top diplomats met Friday in Geneva for high-stakes talks on Ukraine, but with little hope of a breakthroug...
![Land battle awaits Indigenous communities over Indonesia capital relocation: NGO](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/6a/31/05/Land-battle-awaits-Indigenous-commu-460577_small.jpg)
Land battle awaits Indigenous communities over Ind...
Tens of thousands of Indonesia's indigenous people are at risk of being expelled from their lands to make way for the construction...
![Dead, wounded in air strike on Yemen prison](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/a9/80/5a/Dead--wounded-in-air-strike-on-Yeme-571444_small.jpg)
Dead, wounded in air strike on Yemen prison
An air strike has destroyed a prison in the Huthi rebel stronghold of Saada in northern Yemen, leaving many dead or wounded, the i...
![Syria Kurds hunt down IS jihadists after prison attack](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/b4/47/38/IS-attacks-Syria-jail--military-bas-101611_small.jpg)
Syria Kurds hunt down IS jihadists after prison at...
Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria on Friday hunted down Islamic State group fighters after an IS attack on a Kurdish-run prison...
![Missing son of hard-luck Chinese labourer long dead, say police](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/12/4f/4d/Missing-son-of-hard-luck-Chinese-la-574276_small.jpg)
Missing son of hard-luck Chinese labourer long dea...
The story of a Chinese migrant worker whose plight sparked a wave of online sympathy after he tested positive for the coronavirus...
![UK warns Putin faces Ukraine 'quagmire'](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/49/25/22/UK-warns-Putin-faces-Ukraine--quagm-556576_small.jpg)
UK warns Putin faces Ukraine 'quagmire'
Russia risks becoming embroiled in a "terrible quagmire" if it invades Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Friday,...
![Draghi, Berlusconi in mix as Italy elects new president](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/2a/36/89/Draghi--Berlusconi-in-mix-as-Italy--724541_small.jpg)
Draghi, Berlusconi in mix as Italy elects new pres...
Italy's parliament begins voting for a new president Monday, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi tipped for election in a high-stakes...
![US extends protection of Venezuelan oil unit Citgo](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/92/79/72/US-extends-protection-of-Venezuelan-477452_small.jpg)
US extends protection of Venezuelan oil unit Citgo
The US Treasury on Thursday extended by one year a rule that shields Citgo, a US-based unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company...
![West warns Russia against 'any' Ukraine incursion](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/7a/8b/46/West-warns-Russia-against--any--Ukr-564755_small.jpg)
West warns Russia against 'any' Ukraine incursion
The United States and its allies have warned Moscow Thursday of grave consequences if "any" of the tens of thousands of troops mas...
![Biden starts second year with charm offensive -- and bad polls](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/0b/a8/8a/Biden-starts-second-year-with-charm-845727_small.jpg)
Biden starts second year with charm offensive -- a...
The White House launched a charm offensive, complete with a Tom Hanks video, to mark Joe Biden's first year as president Thursday,...
![Colombia car bomb kills one, injures 20](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/de/4e/b7/Colombia-car-bomb-kills-one--injure-146264_small.jpg)
Colombia car bomb kills one, injures 20
A car bomb detonated in Colombia overnight outside government offices and the seat of a human rights body, killing one person and...
![US inflation spike also due to generous pandemic stimulus](https://www.hamburgeranzeiger.de/media/shared/articles/cc/09/35/US-inflation-spike-also-due-to-gene-445217_small.jpg)
US inflation spike also due to generous pandemic s...
President Joe Biden blames global supply snarls for the wave of price increases hitting US consumers and businesses, but the trill...